What a fine example the Lowellp parents set for their seventh-grade young men! What character development these young men mus ttake away from their youth basketball program! Surely none of them will get in trouble with the law or have anger management problems. If the police identify this father, then
he may have reason to deeply regret getting caught, even if he doesn’t regret his actions otherwise. Perhaps he can commiserate with Chuck Turner and Salvatore F. DIMasi on the unfairness of life, if they all have a lot of time on their hands as guests of the state.

Let me get this straight. Kindergarten student sare expected to ‘keep their hands to themselves,’ but the PARENTS of seventh graders have trouble with the concept! In life difficult things happen. A bad call or two in a seventh grade
game (if it was even wrong) shouldn’t be on anyone’s list of the top ten problems in his life.

Considering the modest pay involved and the travel involved, if referees are not protected against violence by parents, we may find it impossible to have
referees at all. Perhaps, if the Lowell parents will not identify the culprit, then the simplest action is to expell the team from the league, or simply ban parents
from the rink. These actions may seem draconian, but to me they seem much less intolerable than repeated attacks on referees or other innocent parties.